MEN grow out of binge drinking only to become regular boozers in middle to old age, according to a study.

Male drinking peaks at the age of 25 when they down the equivalent of 10 pints of beer a week in one or two sessions, claim the University College London findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine.

Dr Annie Britton said: “Frequent drinking – daily or on most days – became more common most notably among men, reaching above 50 per cent in men aged 65.